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Thursday 12 January 2012

Overnight Sydney has been wracked by a series of violent drive-by shootings. Police fear it's only a matter of time until an innocent by-stander is killed. There have been at least 30 shootings in the past five months. More

An Aboriginal elder from the remote central Australian community of Yuendumu says a long-running feud between two family groups has escalated and children as young as five and six years old are taking part in the violence. More

Two Coalition frontbenchers have urged the Opposition to reconsider its proposal to cut $500 million from car industry assistance. But others in the Coalition believe the Government should no longer subsidise the sector. The Opposition's resources spokesman Ian MacFarlane says the Coalition needs to have a debate about the issue and reach a final decision on industry assistance. He believes some subsidies are justifiable because the industry is facing stiff competition from overseas manufacturers that are also propped up by government.More

The former head of the New South Wales Road and Traffic Authority's Centre for Road Safety has called for a much tougher system of speed camera enforcement. Dr Soames Job says the road toll could be reduced with more mobile speed cameras and point-to-point cameras which measure the time it takes for vehicles to move between locations. More

A 32 year old director at Iran's main uranium enrichment facility Natanz has been killed by a bomb attached to his car, echoing the murder of a university physics professor exactly two years ago. The death is likely to add to tensions between Iran and the West, with Iran blaming Israel's spy agency Mossad for the assassination. More

Mitt Romney has now scored back-to-back wins in Iowa and New Hampshire. But the political landscape is likely to get tougher for the frontrunner with Tea Party activists and religious conservatives ramping up their efforts against the so-called moderate Republican. More

Late last year tens of thousands of Russians protested against allegedly rigged parliamentary elections. Now the holidays are over the leaders of the loosely organised anti-govermnment movement are back at work. They come from across the political spectrum and they're trying to consolidate and unify themselves as analysts warn Vladmir Putin will try to exploit those divisions. More

Hundreds of cancer patients in Australia could soon be denied treatment because the maker of the drug DOXIL has stopped manufacturing operations temporarily for maintenance reasons. The drug, which is used to treat relapse patients of ovarian or breast cancer, is now in extremely short supply. More

Researchers in Melbourne and the US have discovered a protein that is over-produced in the diseased lungs of smokers, causes inflammation and can stop the lungs from healing, even when a smoker has given up the habit. They hope treatments can now be developed to block the protein and improve the quality of life of people with diseases like emphysema. More

From the Archives

Around 500 Indigenous people fought in the First World War, and as many as 5,000 in the second. But many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers who made it home received little or no recognition for their contribution. On Anzac Day, 2007, the first parade to commemorate their efforts and bravery was held in Sydney. Listen to our report from that day by Lindy Kerin.